Samerth Talim Kendra – Progress report

For the period of Jan – June 2018

Submitted to Asha for Education

Speech therapist conducting individual sessions with STK trainees in the therapy room of new office premises

a. Background

There has been tremendous growth in quality of services, professional care as well as introduction of new streams such as home based services, referral services & vocational training for the STK children & adolescents after the ASHA for Education intervention since 2017. We have now increased number of students from 42 ( in 2016 and 58 in 2017) to 65. The average attendance of students through the year has been as high as 79%. The therapies are undertaken regularly, Physiotherapist & Speech therapists visit the centre daily, they have developed individual goal plans for each child and the gain is apparent in children. The centre has also started regular consultations with Psychotherapist who works on the mental abilities of each child and prescribes exercises and therapy sessions accordingly. This therapy has added a new dimension to the child’s progress and we now see children showing faster growth.

In April 2018, we moved to new office premises. After a long drawn search we finally found a place (on rent) which is perfect for the current needs of the Samerth urban Program.

The address of the new premises is

Samerth Charitable Trust – Samerth Talim Kendra,24/A Gulzar Park, Gate No. 2, Near Chinar Bunglow,Sarkhej Road, Fatehwadi,Ahmedabad – 38055

Pictures of new office:

The office from outside

Classroom seating arrangement

Separate area for vocational training

a. 2 Quantitative details a.2.1 Number of children in this period

Total 65, 40 boys and 25 girls, disability wise details enumerated below:

Participation in nagar ramotsav (Games competition organised by district authorities for special children

Girls Boys TotalSr. No. Disability No. of girls No. of boys Total1 Mentally

Retarded16 25 41

2 Down Syndrome

4 7 11

3 Cerebral Palsy 24

6

4 Low Vision - 2 2

5 Hearing Impairment

1 - 1

6 Only Speech Problem

- 1 1

7 Multiple Disability

2 1 3

Total 25 40 65a.2.2 Attendance percentage of children – Average 86%in this period

a.2.3 Number of teachers and their designation

Sr. No.

Teachers Name

Designation

1Pooja Patel

Special Teacher

2Pathan Sayara

Special Teacher

3Chopra Fatma

Community based rehabilitation

4Patel Sana

2nd teacher

5 Solanki Harsha

Special Teacher

6 Mevati sabnam

2nd teacher

Children are learning through flash cards in new classroom

Dedicated space for therapies in new office premises

Children are learning to use various tools, cycling to strengthen their weak muscles with the support of the physiotherapist

a.5Number of children availing various therapies

a.5.1 Physio therapyJan – June (10th) 18

Sr. No.

Physio Therapy Details

   

13 to 12 years Childrens Details

   

  Girls Boys

Total

  9 9 182 12 years above    

  Girls Boys

Total

  7 18 25Tota

l16 27 43

a.5.2 Speech therapy

Jan – June (10th) 18

Sr. No.

Speech Therapy Details

   

1 4 to 12 years    

  Girls Boys Total

  11 15 262 12 years above  

  Girls Boys Total

  7 13 20Tota

l18 28 46

a.6 Vocational Training

17 adolescents are involved in vocational training at STK. There are three major vocations currently – paper plate making ( manual and hydraulic machine), bead work and photo copy. The entire vocational training component of STK is supported by Gujarat CSR authority and Gruh Finance.

The focus in this period has been upgrading our vocational centre (shifting to new office space), up skilling ( intense beadwork training with Sahaj on new designs and products) and new partnerships with Tulip disposable solution manufacturing Pvt ltd for paper plate (where to buy good quality raw material, selling markets, new designs etc). The photocopier machine has been bought and we have recently started training our students in this skill.

Some pictures :Counting of plates STK trainee at photocopy

machine

Learning new product making with beads with Sahaj Trainers

a.7 Community outreach camps were organised from 28th April to 5th May 2018: ( activity undertaken from pending budget from last year)

Mobilisation undertaken in three areas for the camp

Experts on tables to counsel parents

Samerth has identified 32 severely mentally challenged children

The reason to organise the camps was to reach out to such children who have not been able to come and access such services and are left out. Also, this is to bring to the notice of the government authorities, and register them as special category of disability and also to enrol children of 6 to 14 years in schools.

The details of the children / persons identified in the camps are mentioned below:

Sr. No.

Type of DisabilityNumber of children

Age groupMale number

Female number

1 Mentally retarded 11 6 to 40 years 7 42 Cerebral Palsy 6 4 to 19 years 5 13 Down Syndrome 2 8 to 18 years 1 14 Speech Impaired 5 4 to 34 years 3 2

5Speech & hearing impaired 2 34 to 36 years 1 1

6 Physical Challenged 3 6 to 35 years 1 27 Delayed Development 1 9 years 0 18 Multiple Disability 1 8 years 1 09 Epilepsy 1 6 years 1 0Total 32    20  12

10 from the above have been are now part of the Community based rehabilitation program of Samerth. The rest are now part of the referral program, where they visit the centre every Friday – and avail therapies including speech, physio and psycho.

a.8 Outdoor activities at STK during this period

Children were taken for an exposure visit to Kankaria lake for an an excursion and fun in the month of February 2018.

Participation in cultural day with SWMR (society for the welfare of mentally retarded)

Visit to kite festival at river front in Ahmedabad

a.9 Home Visits53 home visits were undertaken during this period. (details of the same are attached).

a.10 Teachers Training

STK special teacher Pooja Patel getting trained at Blind People’s Association